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why aren't we funding this.... (feddit.org)

submitted 5 days ago by NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world

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[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 74 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

IMO, better to get consumer protection laws in place early and refine them over time, than not at all.

The longer these things wait, the more time corpos have to get their influence in and either stop the efforts or water them down to be entirely ineffective.

Edit: Don't forget to read about it. https://www.globallawtoday.com/law/legal-news/2025/06/denmarks-groundbreaking-move-copyright-for-faces-and-voices/

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

But rushed and incomplete bills can come with bad implementations that make them useless

-this post is known to the state of California to cause cancer

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I can imagine situations where this is a bad idea, such as making almost all journalism illegal because you don't have to legal right to cover news about an individual.

Hopefully they plan for that.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are long established exceptions for use of copyrighted materials, and journalism is one of them.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Good for Denmark.

[–] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 5 days ago

IMO, better to get laws in place early and refine them over time, than not at all.

So... Move fast and break things?